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06LHCD12-1 - WHEN YOUR GIFT OUTRUNS YOUR GROWTH - D. Copeland[cd]

06LHCD12-1 - Dale Copeland - Donation $4.00 - WHEN YOUR GIFT OUTRUNS YOUR GROWTH - In the introduction to this teaching, Dale tells us we are debtors to one another and nobody stands alone. But it is easy for us to have our own agenda. Dale says he doesn't have an agenda of his own in this teaching. God's grace and mercy are new every morning and get sweeter and sweeter every day. He says perhaps another title would be "Growing into our calling". The substance of his text is taken from Genesis 37:2-22, depicting the young calling on Joseph's life and what he went through to get to it. Joseph was a spoiled brat, an arrogant prideful young man. Dale tells us one of the most dangerous things is to get something you desire before your maturity level comes - particularly when the gift is good but our passion for God is not so great. God chastens those He loves, sometimes for training and not for punishment. There are two kinds of chastening; internal chastening and if that doesn't work, external chastening. We cannot operate in a gift without love. The character and nature of God is love. Dale explains each of the verses on Genesis showing how Joseph was growing in his calling. In closing, he summarizes by saying Joseph was in a learning process and went from most favored all the way through other trials to abandonment. A seed was planted in him as a young man and his character grew into his calling. Don't try to push in front of your brother. Grow in your passion for Jesus. Our calling is to be mature sons and daughters of God. Don't ever put anything above Jesus. Dale said, "When I'm loving you, I'm loving Jesus."